Staff Reports
Biden’s team must have thought they were auditioning for a comedy sketch when they tried to navigate the treacherous waters of Middle Eastern diplomacy. As tensions in the region boil over, the administration is left scratching its collective head, wondering how it managed to turn peace efforts into a farce worthy of a sitcom plot. Former President Donald Trump’s carefully constructed deals, like the Abraham Accords, could have been a springboard for stability. Instead, with Biden at the helm, they have seemingly transformed into a tragicomedy.
The saga began with a swift and cringe-worthy entry into office. Just weeks after taking over, the Biden administration reversed key sanctions on Iran and willingly tossed aside Trump’s rigorous policies that had kept the country in check. While Biden claimed he would rejoin the 2015 nuclear agreement, the reality was that he threw open the doors to chaos, allowing Iran to stretch its legs and run rampant again. It’s hard to believe that someone thought dismantling a winning strategy would bear any fruit.
Team Biden Can't Understand How It Blew Middle East Peace, and I Can't Stop Cry-Laughing https://t.co/nqyqtJTsgT
— Ken LaCrosse (@KenLacrosse) September 27, 2024
Biden’s antics didn’t stop there. The administration also welcomed back funding to UNRWA, a known facilitator of Hamas’s activities, and decided to take the Houthis off the terrorist list. One has to wonder if they stumbled into the foreign policy arena, mistaking it for a charity event rather than a geopolitical chess match. Apparently, the White House believed that appeasing rabid organizations and sidelining American interests would earn them a pat on the back instead of a swift kick off the diplomatic stage.
Then came the outright dismissal of the Abraham Accords. The brilliance of these agreements lay in their simplicity: they established peace initiatives that did not hinge on the quagmire of Palestinian negotiations. These accords shifted the focus to bilateral agreements and encouraged healthy relationships between Israel and Arab nations. But no, instead of embracing a successful model, the Biden team opted for a headlong dive into the murky waters of traditional diplomacy that only seemed to empower those who are staunchly against peace with Israel.
In the twisting narrative that has unfolded, Biden’s crew, with all their misguided approaches and lack of foresight, now finds themselves scrambling to reduce the flames they’ve already stoked. Rather than bringing peace, their policies have ignited conflict, leaving them to do damage control with the grace of a toddler trying to draw with a crayon on the walls. As they rush from crisis to crisis, one can almost see the administration muttering, “How did we get here?”
The truth is, they were warned. Experts and observers alike had cautioned about the dangers of backpedaling on Trump’s successful policies. Yet here Biden stands on the battlefield of foreign policy, distracted and bewildered, while the rest of the world chuckles at this political theater unraveling before their eyes. It’s a dramatic irony that rivals any great play — while the Biden administration fumbles, the consequences mount in an area of the world where just a shred of understanding could have pieced back together what was almost successfully stitched.
